From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Sep 9 23:18:14 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6819737B400 for ; Mon, 9 Sep 2002 23:18:11 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail.thundernet.cz (mail.thundernet.cz [62.77.87.114]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 9733743E77 for ; Mon, 9 Sep 2002 23:18:08 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from neuhauser@bellavista.cz) Received: (qmail 23038 invoked from network); 10 Sep 2002 06:18:02 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO freepuppy.bellavista.cz) (62.168.44.50) by mail.thundernet.cz with SMTP; 10 Sep 2002 06:18:02 -0000 Received: by freepuppy.bellavista.cz (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 5CB1F799; Tue, 10 Sep 2002 08:18:06 +0200 (CEST) Date: Tue, 10 Sep 2002 08:18:06 +0200 From: Roman Neuhauser To: sroberts@dsl.pipex.com Cc: dan@slightlystrange.org, FreeBSD Questions Subject: Re: Request for proof of sendmail config procedure Message-ID: <20020910061805.GF83171@freepuppy.bellavista.cz> Mail-Followup-To: sroberts@dsl.pipex.com, dan@slightlystrange.org, FreeBSD Questions References: <1031506596.16286.89.camel@Demon.vickiandstacey.com> <20020909102727.GA3392@catflap.home.slightlystrange.org> <1031595414.345.14.camel@Demon.vickiandstacey.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1031595414.345.14.camel@Demon.vickiandstacey.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.1i Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG # on 2002-09-09 19:16:53 +0100 stacey@Demon.vickiandstacey.com top-posted: > Currently, ZoneEdit provide the two nameservers with which I registered > my domain name, and as such provide primary DNS for my domain (as > against my ISP's nameservers which are used on my FBSD g'way in > /etc/resolv.conf) ... > Now from what I know of sendmail, attempting to run a fully configured > (with FQDN; mailer rules & masquerading) sendmail with a badly / non / > incorrectly configured DNS is just asking for trouble - hence my post. I > am sorry if my initial post was less than clear on the info I require. > > In essence then:- > Do I / Can I run my own nameserver on my local network? yes, why not? > Do I create slave or master zone entries? this is bindspeak which i don't use, so i can't comment. but, djbdns setup is actually piece of cake, i strongly suggest you look at that. http://djbdns.faqts.com/ http://cr.yp.to/djbdns/faq/cachex.html#config http://cr.yp.to/djbdns/faq/tinydns.html#config and especially, "How do I get DNS to answer my private IP's and forward all others to an external DNS server?" at http://www.faqts.com/knowledge_base/view.phtml/aid/10865/fid/699 > Like I mentioned earlier, I would understand if this is asking too much > in one post, but I'd appreciate someone who might have been in the same > situation to give me some pointers / guidance on this one. HTH, and HAND -- begin 666 nonexistent.vbs FreeBSD 4.6-STABLE 7:58AM up 20 days, 13:51, 9 users, load averages: 0.00, 0.00, 0.00 end To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message